In a memo sent to the city council Friday afternoon, Transportation and Trinity River Project Committee Meeting chair Vonciel Jones Hill says the committee will “address the issue of vehicles-for-hire service and regulations” beginning January 13 during an extended meeting expected to last two hours, from 1 to 3 p.m. That meeting will address two issues, says Hill: a review of existing regulations and “potential legal issues surrounding current and/or revised and/or amended regulations.”

On January 21 there will be a public forum in council chambers that will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Says Hill, that meeting is “providers’ and public input.”

Six days later there will be yet another two-hour committee meeting during which council members will consider “whether to revise and/or amend current ordinance.” At that point, says Hill, the council will direct staff to rewrite the ordinance … or do nothing … or something in between.

As you may recall, Mayor Mike Rawlings kicked the subject to the committee when it became clear the City Manager’s Office has rushed the subject of Uber to the council’s consent agenda. Michael Morris, transportation director for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, said earlier this week he hoped Dallas would hold off on regulating app-ordered car services until the NCTCOG’s Regional Transportation Council came up with region-wide regulations.

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